(WJCL) - The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to investigate a shooting near the intersection of White Bluff Road and Wilshire Blvd.

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SCMPD says a patrol officer conducted a pedestrian stop with Brandon Christopher Adams (24). During the stop Adams ran on foot from the officer. The officer pursued Adams and during the pursuit reported hearing a gunshot. Upon hearing the shot, the officer observed Adams fall to the ground. A handgun was recovered from the scene.

Adams was transported to hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his chest. Adams later died of his injury.

An Autopsy concluded that the injury was consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.